John Dalziel

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John Dalziel
University Edinburgh Napier University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-2002
2007-13
1999-2009
2010
Gala
Melrose
South of Scotland
Co-Optimists
()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997-98 London Scottish ()
2001–07 Border Reivers 95 ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Scotland Club XV 6
Barbarians FC 4
Scotland Sevens
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2005-13
2013-16
2012-15
2015–17
2016-17
2017–19
2019-20
2020-
Melrose (Head coach)
Melrose (Head coach)
Scotland U20s (Head coach)
Scotland U20s (Head coach)
London Scottish (Forwards)
Scotland 7s (Head coach)
Glasgow Warriors (Forwards)
Scotland (Forwards)

John Dalziel is a Forwards Coach for Scotland. He was previously Head Coach of the Scotland 7s team. He began coaching while at Melrose, and went on have coaching roles with Scotland U20, London Scottish and Glasgow Warriors.

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As a player he represented London Scottish, Gala, Border Reivers and Melrose.

Playing career

He played club rugby for Gala RFC as a back-row forward and captained the club. [1] He moved to play for Melrose in 2008. [2] He played for the Co-Optimists in 2010. [3]

Dalziel played for London Scottish for the 1997–98 season. [4] [5]

He played for the Border Reivers in the Celtic league [6] and signed a professional contract with the club in 2001. [1] [7]

Coaching career

Dalziel played for Melrose RFC and also became their Forwards coach. He was promoted to Head Coach for the 2013–14 season. [8] Melrose won the league title in the final seconds of the season. [9]

In September 2012 he was appointed as assistant coach for the Scotland national under-20 rugby union team. [10] In September 2015 he was promoted to head coach of the Scotland national under-20 rugby union team. [11]

The following year he left Melrose and took on a full-time coaching role with Scottish Rugby. [12] He was appointed as the Forwards coach of London Scottish F.C. for the 2016–17 season, who were competing in the RFU Championship. [13] He did this on sabbatical [14] while still Head Coach of the Scotland U20s. [15]

The following season he was as appointed the Head Coach for Scotland 7s. [16]

On 3 May 2019 it was announced that Dalziel would be joining Glasgow Warriors as Forwards Coach with immediate effect, leaving his role with the Scotland 7s team. [17]

On 3 August 2020 it was announced by Glasgow Warriors that Dalziel was moving on to become the Forwards Coach for Scotland. [18]

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